NEW YORK — A military band played and sailors fired off cannons as the Navy began a ceremony to commission its newest assault ship forged with tons of steel from the World Trade Center. ...full story at digg
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USS New York built with 24 tons of scrap steel from 9/11 » digg The steel from the World Trade Center was sent to Amite, LA, where it was melted down in a local foundry and "Those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence." The ship will be commissioned in New York City on November 7th, 2009, when a small... |
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